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procure it food ; hut, looking at Nan, he recollected that she
had just lost her kid, and saw her udder distended with milk ;
he therefore calh'd her to him, and presenting; the child to the
teat, was overjoyed t<> find that it sucked as naturally as if it
had rc;»llv found a mother. The goat too, seemed to receive
pleasure from ihe eiforts of the child, and submitted, without

opposition, to discharge the duties of a nurse. And now the
old 111 an began to fei‘1 an interest in the child, which made him
defer, some time lonjrcr, the taking; measures to he delivered
from its carp. “ Who knows," said he, u but Providence*
which has preserved this child iu so wonderful a manner, may
have destined it to something equally wonderful in its future
life, and may bless me as tho humble agent of its decrees? At
least as he grows bigger, he will he a pleasure and comfort to
me in this lonely cabin, and will assist in cutting turf for fuel,
and cultivating the garden.” From this time he became more
and more attached to the little foundling, who, in a short time,
learned to consider the old man as a parent, and delighted him
with its innocent caresses.